Acknowledgments; 1. Shining a Light on Slavery?; 2. Aristotle and the Strangeness of Slaves; 3. Locke and Hutcheson: Indians, Vagabonds and Drones; 4. Empires of Property, Properties of Empire; 5. Hegel, Humanity and Freedom; 6. Unparalleled Drudgery and Severe Labour; 7. The Subjection of Women: loopholes of retreat?; 8. Incarceration and Rupture: The Past in the Present; 9. Trafficking and Slavery: A Place of No Return; 10. Glimpses of Slavery; References.